Movable Bedding Layer Application for Reusable Stable Litter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for applying bedding material in animal husbandry are labor-intensive and costly due to the need to replace the entire bedding material after manure removal, leading to high consumption and expenses.
Innovation Solution
A device and method that utilize a bedding material layer moved by drives along a stable floor, with adjustable transport speed and application rate, incorporating winding and suction mechanisms to separate reusable bedding material from contaminants, allowing for precise and flexible application and recycling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the entire bedding material layer is replaced after manure removal, then the bedding remains clean and absorbent, but the bedding consumption and costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The bedding material layer is segmented into contaminated sections (with manure) and clean sections (without manure). The cleaning device moves along the layer and selectively removes manure from specific segments, preserving the clean bedding material for reuse rather than replacing the entire layer.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of discarding the entire bedding material layer after manure removal, the invention recovers and reuses the clean bedding material. The selective cleaning process separates usable bedding from contaminated areas, allowing the recovered clean material to be reused, thereby reducing overall bedding consumption.
2Ease of operation
If manual mucking out and bedding spreading is performed, then labor flexibility is maintained, but the process becomes strenuous and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning device is designed to autonomously move along the bedding material layer, detect manure locations, and perform selective cleaning without continuous manual intervention. The system serves itself by automatically navigating and cleaning, reducing both time consumption and labor strenuousness while maintaining operational flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning device incorporates movable and adjustable components that allow it to adapt dynamically to different stable configurations, bedding layer positions, and manure locations. This dynamic design enables flexible operation across various scenarios while automating the time-consuming cleaning process.
3Extent of automation
If automated bedding application is implemented, then labor intensity is reduced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning device is designed with multi-functionality, combining navigation, detection, and selective cleaning capabilities in a single integrated system. This universal design reduces the need for multiple separate devices, thereby managing complexity while maintaining high automation levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces an intermediary control system that coordinates between the movement mechanism, detection sensors, and cleaning components. This intermediary layer simplifies the overall control architecture by centralizing the automation logic, making the complex automated system more manageable and easier to operate.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Reduces bedding consumption by recycling reusable material, enhances operational efficiency, and minimizes labor through automated and adjustable application and cleaning processes.
Implementation Method 1
a suction device (10) designed to separate a portion of the bedding material (SM) from the solids (FS) on the bedding layer (4) and/or from the solids (FS) that have fallen off the bedding layer (4) by means of an air suction generated by the suction device (10)
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device 1 for applying bedding material SM in animal husbandry, wherein the device 1 comprises at least one bedding material layer 4 that can be arranged on a stable floor 2 and at least one drive 30, 31. The bedding material layer 4 can be moved by means of the at least one drive 30, 31 at a transport speed TG substantially parallel to the stable floor 2 along a transport direction TR. The device 1 further comprises a first winding device 6, wherein the bedding material layer 4 can be wound onto the first winding device 6 when the bedding material layer 4 moves in the transport direction TR and can be unwound from the first winding device 6 when the bedding material layer 4 moves against the transport direction TR.An application device 16 is designed to apply spreading material SM to the spreading material layer 4 with a variable quantity rate, wherein the transport speed TG of the spreading material layer 4 and the quantity rate of the application device 16 are independently adjustable.